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Valkenburg

People who played a role during WW2 in and around Valkenburg. Most of them appear in the resistance story about Valkenburg. In that case, click on More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg next to that name.
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Valkenburg & surrounings

† ✡ † Jews Holocaust Allied soldiers USA RAF NL sold Verzet initial resistance L.O. K.P. municipality local contacts couriers occasional resistance Gr. Smit people in hiding Valkenburg+ Valkenburg Berg en Terblijt Schin op Geul IJzeren Sibbe Margraten Houthem-St.Gerlach Geulhem Hulsberg Houthem Klimmen Meerssen Heerlen police priests NSB / NSDAP Germans killed in action in Valkenburg-Houthem


The town of Valkenburg. For the other places: see there.
See also the killed resistance people from Valkenburg.
The assistance to people in hiding in LO was organized per Catholic parish. The church was the only organization that was allowed to continue working during the occupation. In Valkenburg itself there was then only one parish, that of St. Nicholas and Barbara Church (the old church). Most people on this list are Jews. For clarity, therefore, see also the various categories, like resistance etc. or scroll please.114 pers.
Abraham,
Grete (Margaretha)
∗ 1900-11-09
Altenkirchen (D)
† 1942-08-31
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 41 years old. Widow of Arthur Cohen, ∗ 04-04-1892, Dinslaken – ✡ 18-07-1938 Berlin. Berkelstraat 15, Valkenburg.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen …

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https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?itemId=1161998
Baum,
Johanna
∗ 1896-05-20
Bauchem (D)
† 1942-09-07
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Ferdinand Gottschalk, Neerhem 45, Valkenburg. 46 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Begore,
Quentin K.
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1944-09-16
Valkenburg
USA, Old Hickory - Valkenburg - war victim - Quentin Begore was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of Valkenburg and its surroundings.
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Benedik,
Josef
∗ 1876-01-24
Schimmert
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Bertha Heijser, 67 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Benedik,
Liza
∗ 1877-12-05
Schimmert
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 65 years old. Cohabiting sister(-in-law) of Bertha and Josef Benedik-Heijser

Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Benedik,
Robert
∗ 1907-05-08
Schimmert
† 1943-01-15
Spytkowice
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 35 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Benedik,
Rudolf
∗ 1911-08-03
Valkenburg
† 1942-12-31
Spytkowice
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim -
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Benedik,
Walter
∗ 1920-07-14
Valkenburg
† 1943-07-02
Sobibor
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 22 years old. Son of Bertha and Josef Benedik-Heijser
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Blum,
Joseph
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1944-10-17
Valkenburg
USA, Hell on Wheels - Valkenburg - war victim - Jan Diederenn writes in Mijn oorlog en bevrijding: “Mrs. Huntjens, who was living at the time on Nieuweweg, saw four soldiers being killed when their jeep hit a land mine in a field at the bottom of the Emmaberg on Sunday morning …

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Brands,
Lambert
∗ 1900-07-20
Hoelbeek (B)
† 1956-01-27
Houthem-St-Gerlach
L.O. - Valkenburg - survivor - The above birth and death dates of Lambert Brands are from the only In Memoriam card of a Lambert Brands in the collection of rijckheyt.nl. But is it really the same person? [1]
Head of the local food office, opposite the station in (now) hotel Tummers and the C.C.D. …

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Brown,
Edmund Leo
∗ 1914-12-14
Cambridge, Mass.
† 1944-09-16
Valkenburg-Houthem
USA, Hell on Wheels - Valkenburg - war victim - Edmund Leo Brown SN 20123737
1st Lieutenant, 41st Armored infantry division, E-company

The following text and the photo are taken from the book Valkenburg 80 jaar bevrijd (Valkenburg 80 Years Liberated) [1]

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Buckler,
Cleaver F.
∗ 1919-11-24
Bath County, Kentucky
† 1944-09-17
Valkenburg
USA, Old Hickory - Valkenburg - war victim - Private 1st class Cleaver F. Buckler, SN 35667088
30th Inf. Div., 119th Inf. Reg., 1st Batt. A Company.

He was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of Valkenburg and its surroundings.
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Cahn,
Albert
∗ 1921-02-26
Valkenburg
† 1943-08-12
Neukich
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 22 years old. Son of Daniel Cahn and Elise Cahn-Cahn.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia, Stolpersteine. [2]
Read the story …

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Cahn,
Bertha
∗ 1918-03-18
† 1942-11-19
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 24 years old. Daughter of van Daniel Cahn and Elise Cahn-Cahn.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia, Stolpersteine. [2]
Read the …

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https://struikelstenenvalkenburg.nl/images/media/2016/artikel_cahn_kijkopvalkenburg.pdf
Cahn,
Daniel
∗ 1875-02-17
Valkenburg
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Elise Cahn-Cahn, 68 years old.
Children: Georges, Bertha, Albert, Louis and  …

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Cahn,
Elise
∗ 1887-04-24
Lechenich
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Daniel Cahn, 56 years old.
Children: Georges, Bertha, Albert, Louis and  …

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https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/tijdlijn/Elise-Cahn-Cahn/01/93596
Cahn,
Georges
∗ 1915-06-20
Valkenburg
† 1944-03-31
Midden-Europa
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 28 years old. Son of Daniel Cahn and Elise Cahn-Cahn
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia, Stolpersteine. [2]
Read the story about …

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https://www.joodsmonument.nl/nl/page/121269/georges-cahn
Cahn,
Karel
∗ 1881-08-04
Valkenburg
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 51 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Cahn,
Louis
∗ 1878-08-30
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 64 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Cahn,
Rosa
∗ 1879-10-16
Valkenburg
† 1944-09-06
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Widow of S. Jacobs. 64 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Cobbenhaegen,
Frans Alexander
Frans
∗ 1921-10-18
Valkenburg
† 1944-12-20
Buchenwald
occasional resistance - Valkenburg - war victim - Frans Cobbenhaegen was a post official in Valkenburg, unmarried, arrested (date unknown) in Cologne for smuggling letters to the Netherlands. He passed through the camps of Amersfoort, Sachsenhausen and Buchenwald [1] on his ordeal, and died on Dec. 20, 1944 in concentration camp Kommando …

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https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/personen/25707/frans-alexander-cobbenhaegen
Cohen,
Frits
∗ 1929-06-10
Dinslaken
† 1942-08-31
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 12 years old. Berkelstraat 15, Valkenburg
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Cohen,
Rosel
∗ 1925-07-20
Dinslaken
† 1942-08-31
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 17 years old. Berkelstraat 15, Valkenburg.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Cok,
Herman
∗ 1936-06-09
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - Brought into hiding in Bunde, together with his brother Robby (Moos) Cok, later in Amsterdam. Rescued in the Tienschuurstraat by Käthe Flachs from the Walravenstraat, friend of their mother, Eva Cok-De …

Cok,
Moos
Robby
∗ 1937-11-13
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - He and his brother Herman Cok were brought into hiding in Bunde, later in Amsterdam. Saved in the Tienschuurstraat by Käthe Flachs from Walravenstraat, a friend of mother  …

https://struikelstenenvalkenburg.nl/images/media/2016/Joodse_slachtoffers_valkenburg.pdf
Cok-De Wilde,
Eva
∗ 1916-03-11
Leeuwarden
† 1942-09-10
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Married to musician Machiel Cok from Amsterdam. She sang as Amy Cok in the dance palace Pavillon in Valkenburg.
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from …

https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/tijdlijn/Eva-Cok-de-Wilde/01/9063
https://www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/214983/eva-cok-de-wilde
Cook,
Albert S.
∗ 
† 1944-09-15
Strucht (Valkenburg)
USA, Old Hickory - Valkenburg - war victim - Albert S. Cook, Service Nr 20458289, Staff Sergeant
30th Inf. Div., 117th Inf. Reg., 3th Battalion M-Company
† Grachtstraat, Strucht, Valkenburg-Houthem

A beautiful sunny late summer day, that Friday, September 15, 1944.
The L Company of the 119th Regiment had …

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Corbey,
George
∗ 1924-10-19
Valkenburg
† 1988-11-21
K.P. - Valkenburg - survivor - He was the third member of the KP (fight team) Valkenburg. The KPs in South Limburg were later merged, headquarters in Ulestraten. Even Sittard cooperated, although they did not participate in the merger. The KP of Sittard had stolen a German Wehrmacht car in a garage, along with a few barrels of …

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Cremers,
Anna Maria Johanna
Annie
∗ 1924-06-05
Voerendaal
† 2005-08-22
Heerlen
L.O. - municipality - courier - Valkenburg - survivor -

Photo: Annie in the distribution office. Family archive.

Annie Cremers forged documents for the people in hiding at the so called Municipal Distribution Office of Valkenburg-Houthem. Her colleagues Willem …

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Cremers,
Henricus
Hein(z)
∗ 1904-01-10
Montfort
† 1979-06-27
Geleen
L.O. - municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - Photo from the Cremers family archive, published on Rundsje Vallekeberg, March 21, 2018.

Biographical details about Heinz Cremers, who was called Hein in Valkenburg, can be found on his Im Memoriam card [1] and on openarchieven.nl. [2]
At the end of the war, the …

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Cremers,
Wielke
∗ 1910-07-12
Heerlen
† 1950-08-20
Valkenburg
L.O. - courier - Valkenburg - survivor - Sister of Gerda Cremers and sister-in-law of Pierre Schunck. He wrote about her: “Then I assigned Ms Cremers as a courier. She cycled to the most high-risk addresses and from her I got notifications …

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Dahl-Beesman,
Isidor
∗ 1878-05-13
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - Lived Oude Valkenburgerweg 32B. In hiding in Nieuwenhagen, address unknown.
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Dahl-Beesman,
Ruth
∗ 1922-05-30
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - Lived Oude Valkenburgerweg 32B. In hiding in Nieuwenhagen, address unknown.
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Dahl-Beesman,
Sophie
∗ 1882-05-31
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - Lived Oude Valkenburgerweg 32B. In hiding in Nieuwenhagen, address unknown.
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Dahmen,
Leo
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
occasional resistance - Valkenburg - survivor - Leo Dahmen is one of many examples of spontaneous resistance without which organized resistance would have been impossible. It is unknown whether he did more. Pierre Schunck, who at the time did not offer organized resistance himself, wrote about him: “Fortunately the gardener, Leo Dahmen, digged …

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Donners,
Kaspar
∗ 1908-08-02
Weiden (D)
† 1984-09-01
Heerlen
occasional resistance - Valkenburg - survivor - Kaspar Donners was the farmer of the Koningswinkelhof in Valkenburg, a traditional mixed farm. Neighbor of Pierre Schunck. Immediately joined in when he was asked by him to help in October 1942. They went with his horse and carriage to save …

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Doss,
Wallace E.
∗ 1923-03-16
† 1944-09-16
Valkenburg
USA, Hell on Wheels - Valkenburg - war victim - Wallace Edgar Doss, Army Serial Number 33529918
Tec5 = Technician 5th Grade, 41st Armored Infantry Regiment, E Company

The following text and the photo are taken from the book Valkenburg 80 jaar bevrijd (Valkenburg 80 Years Liberated) [1]
+ details: US War …

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https://ca.forceswarrecords.com/memorial/87205852/wallace-e-doss

Drielsma,
E.
∗ 1884-04-17
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From Den Haag. Hiding address Broekhem 22
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Drielsma,
Hesselina (Liena)
∗ 0000-00-00
Druten
† 1942-08-31
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Daughter of Hessel Jonas Drielsma and Esther Polak
Isaak de Jong, 43 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Eisenberg,
Leib (Mojzesz Leib)
∗ 1890-03-05
Debesiawki PL
† 1942-10-22
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Maria Goldberg. The childless couple comes from Houthem to Valkenburg and lives there from November 25, 1935 on Guascostraat. 52 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Felsenthal,
Henriëtte
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From the Nieuweweg in Valkenburg. Dook met haar man Marcel Samuel eerst onder in boerderij Wimmers te Oud-Valkenburg later in Bruisterbosch.
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Felsenthal,
Marcel Samuel
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Flachs,
Käthe
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
occasional resistance - Valkenburg - survivor - Rescued the children Moos and Herman of her Jewish friend Eva Cok-De Wilde when they were picked up from Walravenstraat 6 on June 23, 1942 in order …

Frankenhuis-Muller,
Aaltje
∗ 1916-12-22
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Franssen,
Alfons Hubert
∗ 1887-05-11
Valkenburg
† 1976-03-06
Valkenburg
Valkenburg - survivor - Owner of the Hotel Franssen. The Limburgsch Dagblad of May 8, 1962 [1] wrote that he had something to do with the resistance (but what?). His hotel was confiscated by the German army. After the liberation, the hotel was initially for a month or two emergency hospital for the evacuated …

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Franssen,
Jan
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
police - Valkenburg - survivor - Jan Franssen was chief of the Marechaussee (later Rijkspolitie) in Valkenburg. On June 7th, 1946 he wrote a report on occupation and liberation at the request of the mayor, Piet Hens. Jan Diederen quotes from this in  …

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Freysen /Freijsen,
Wilhelmus Agathus Petrus
Willem
∗ 1914-09-29
Breda ?
L.O. - municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - To hide the manipulations by him and his colleagues (Victor Willems and Annie Cremers) in favor of the people in hiding, the distribution office …

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Friesem,
Hilde
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Friesem,
Mozes
∗ 1871-08-29
Burgbrohl
† 1943-06-11
Sobibor
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Setta Lambert, 71 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Gebhardt,
Alice
∗ 1935-01-22
Voorburg
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Gebhardt,
Theo
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Gebhardt-Rosenwald,
Alice
∗ 1901-12-22
Herne (D)
† 1945-01-21
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Lived with her non-Jewish husband Theo and daughter Alice (not deported) at the address Guascostraat 3 with the Heijnen family. She was the last to be arrested, on September 3rd, 1944, just one and a half week before the liberation.
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en …

https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/tijdlijn/Alice-Gebhard-Rosenwald/01/81819
George,
William
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1944-10-17
Valkenburg
USA, Hell on Wheels - Valkenburg - war victim - Jan Diederen writes in Mijn oorlog en bevrijding: “Mrs. Huntjens, who was living at the time on Nieuweweg, saw four soldiers being killed when their jeep hit a land mine in a field at the bottom of the Emmaberg on Sunday morning …

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Goldberg,
Maria
∗ 1900-11-20
Nürnberg
† 1944-02-11
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Leib Eisenberg. The childless couple comes from Houthem to Valkenburg and lives there from November 25, 1935 on Guascostraat. 43 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Golstein,
Bertha
∗ 1880-10-07
Brussel
† 1942-10-01
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Jacques Samuel, 61 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Gottschalk,
Ferdinand
∗ 1897-10-10
Geilenkirchen
† 1944-03-31
Midden-Europa
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Johanna Baum. Neerhem 45, Valkenburg. Son of Adolf Gottschalk and Maria Anna Frenkel.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Gottschalk,
Rudi
∗ 1926-03-29
Geilenkirchen
† 1944-03-31
Midden-Europa
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 17 years old. Neerhem 45, Valkenburg.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Gronden, van der
Abraham Cornelis
∗ 1897-06-24
Dordrecht
† 1967-11-12
Heerlen
L.O. - Valkenburg - survivor - Abraham Cornelis van der Gronden came as a baby on November 6, 1897 from Dordrecht to Vlissingen, the birthplace of his mother, see civil registry card Vlissingen  [1]. On 29 May 1906 to Vaals, on 19 June 1917 to Houthem.  [2]
Married 23 May 1922 in Houthem to Anna Maria Somers, born in …

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Gronden, van der
Gerrit Jan
Gerrit
∗ 1895-12-13
Dordrecht
† 1943-01-02
Neuengamme
early resistance - Valkenburg - war victim - On November 6, 1897, at the age of almost two years, he moved with his parents and siblings from Dordrecht to Vlissingen, his mother’s birthplace, see civil registry card Vlissingen [1]. On 29 May 1906 to Vaals, on 19 June 1917 to Houthem (from 1941 on municipality of …

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https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/54336/gerrit-jan-van-der-gronden
https://monument.vriendenkringneuengamme.nl/person/401623/gerrit-jan-van-der-gronden
Günsberg,
Jozef
∗ 1895-01-21
Nadwórna, Ukraine
† 1942-08-31
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Deported from Koningswinkelstraat number 7, 47 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Harrington,
Chester
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1944-10-17
Valkenburg
USA, Hell on Wheels - Valkenburg - war victim - Jan Diederenn writes in Mijn oorlog en bevrijding: “Mrs. Huntjens, who was living at the time on Nieuweweg, saw four soldiers being killed when their jeep hit a land mine in a field at the bottom of the Emmaberg on Sunday morning …

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Heijser,
Bertha
∗ 1885-07-08
Hoof (Nordhessen)
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Josef Benedik, 57 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Heijser,
Mathilde
∗ 1876-06-25
Hoof (Nordhessen)
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Widow of B. Benedik, 66 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Hennekens,
G. Hub
∗ 1909-02-15
Sittard
† 1970-11-26
Heerlen
early resistance - priest - Valkenburg - survivor - Hub Hennekens was ordained priest on March 13, 1937, was vicar in Berg en Terblijt from September 1937, vicar in the parish of Sts . Nikolaas & Barbara in Valkenburg from May 1939, parish priest in Rothem near Maastricht from September 1955, retired from February 1964, first in Overbunde, then in …

https://www.online-familieberichten.nl/zoeken.asp?sortpers=naam&achternaam=Hennekens&page=1&command=show&type=ovladv&char=H&view=zoek&name=&id=1604205
Hens,
Piet (Petrus Antonius)
∗ 1888-08-27
Zwolle
† 1971-04-26
Utrecht
mayor - Valkenburg - survivor - Was mayor of both Valkenburg and Houthem since 1917 and from 1935 also of Oud-Valkenburg. On October 1, 1940, so in the first year of the German occupation, the municipality of Valkenburg-Houthem came into being with the merger of Houthem, Oud-Valkenburg, Schin op Geul and Valkenburg. Hens remained …

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https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_burgemeesters_van_Valkenburg-Houthem
Hertog,
Alfred
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Hertogs,
Gustaaf
∗ 1893-02-17
† 1970-07-05
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Hertogs-Hartog,
Clara
∗ 1891-11-22
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Hirschberg,
Curt/Kurt
∗ 1900-08-16
Breslau
† 1943-08-23
Blechhammer (Auschwitz)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 43 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/tijdlijn/Curt-Hirschberg/01/70264
Hoffman,
Franciscus Hubertus Joannes
Frans
∗ 1901-11-16
Berg en Terblijt
† 1960-12-18
Maastricht
Valkenburg - survivor - Frans Hoffman [1] was a barber and photographer. Most of the photographs taken during the liberation of Valkenburg are by him. Many of them can be seen on the We Do Remember 75 page of the Museum Valkenburg in the former town hall Oud Sjtadhoes. [2]
https://struikelstenenvalkenburg.nl/images/media/2016/artikel_cahn_kijkopvalkenburg.pdf
Horn,
Emma
∗ 1870-04-13
Mühlheim
† 1943-04-23
Vught
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Servaas Soesman. Berkelstraat 15, Valkenburg. 73 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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https://struikelstenenvalkenburg.nl/omgekomen-joden.html
https://www.nmkampvught.nl/ontdekken/het-verhaal/vermoord-in-vught/soesman-horn-emma/
Hout, van
Johannes Franciscus
Jan
∗ 1908-10-17
Valkenburg
† 1945-02-22
KZ Neuengamme
early resistance - Valkenburg - war victim - Jan van Hout was a professional cyclist from 1932 to 1940. When he was eight years old, he moved to Eindhoven with his parents. In 1932 he set a new Dutch hour record (42.282) in Tilburg and on August 25th, 1933, on the wooden cycle track in Maasniel near Roermond, a world hour record of 44.588 …

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https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/personen/67103/johannes-franciscus-van-hout
Huiman,
Edgar
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1994-02-22
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Jacobs,
Jacob
∗ 1919-08-10
Blokzijl
† 1942-12-31
Spytkowice
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 23 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Jacobs,
Salomon
∗ 1921-05-07
Blokzijl
† 1943-01-15
Spytkowice
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 21 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Jong, de
Isaak
∗ 1888-05-06
Mijdrecht
† 1942-08-31
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Liena Drielsma,54 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Kopf,
Frieda
∗ 1914-10-08
Rozniatov
† 1943-07-23
Sobibor
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Muntstraat 9, Valkenburg. Daughter of Ester Weinreb. 28 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Laeven,
H.P.August
Guus
∗ 1913-05-02
Oud-Valkenburg
† 1972-09-23
Houthem
L.O. - municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - Guus Laeven from Houthem was during the war deputy head of the population department of the municipality of Valkenburg-Houthem. [1]
Towards the end of the war, with the help of Hein Cremers, he made sure that the entire register of the …

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Lambert,
Setta
∗ 1880-10-24
Nichenich
† 1943-06-11
Sobibor
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Mozes Friesem.
Before their deportation they lived at Gustaaf Hertogs on Wilhelminalaan 44. 62 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], …

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Lambriks,
Jo
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
K.P. - Valkenburg - survivor - After a while, a K.P also emerged in Valkenburg. It initially consisted of two men, the teachers Jeng Meijs and Jo Lambriks. Meijs had Jacques Crasborn as a pupil in his class some years before.
http://users.cuci.nl/mierlo/kwartierstaat/jochem.htm#ID1044
Manis,
Frank
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1944-10-17
Valkenburg
USA, Hell on Wheels - Valkenburg - war victim - Jan Diederenn writes in Mijn oorlog en bevrijding: “Mrs. Huntjens, who was living at the time on Nieuweweg, saw four soldiers being killed when their jeep hit a land mine in a field at the bottom of the Emmaberg on Sunday morning …

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Meijs,
Sjeng
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
K.P. - Valkenburg - survivor - After a while, a K.P also emerged in Valkenburg. It initially consisted of two men, the teachers Jeng Meijs and Jo Lambriks. Meijs had Jacques Crasborn in his class a few years before.
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Mendel,
Herta
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Morgan,
Henry E.
Hank
∗ 1917-12-02
Hubbard TX
† 1944-09-17
Valkenburg
USA, Old Hickory - Valkenburg - war victim - PFC (private 1st class) Henry E. Morgan, Service # 38627405, Unit: 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division

The most detailed research on Henry Morgan has been done by Jan Diederen. [1.1]
The following emerges from this: Henry Morgan was one of the six soldiers of the …

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Muller,
Anny
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1997-12-10
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Muller,
Lenie
∗ 1925-03-11
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Nathan,
Fredo
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Nathan,
Gerd/Gert
“Dutch”
∗ 1932-01-05
Düren
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - The Nathan family (father Willy, mother Hilde Friesem and their sons Fredo and Gerd) first went into hiding in hotel Hof van …

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Nathan,
Willy
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Nijst,
Charles Joseph
Charles
∗ 1916-03-05
Kerkrade
† 1944-01-18
AEL Groß-Beeren, Kreis Teltow
early resistance - Valkenburg - war victim - Charles Nijst was a student at the Katholieke Economische Hogeschool (Catholic College of Economics) in Tilburg. [1]
The no longer existing weekly newspaper Het Land van Valkenburg wrote about him: He refused to sign a declaration of loyalty and went into …

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https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/personen/111546/charles-joseph-nijst
Ogtrop, van
Harie
∗ 1901-11-13
Hulsberg
† 1989-10-26
Heerlen
L.O. - local contact - Valkenburg - survivor -
Peusens,
Els
Els
∗ 1923-06-10
† 2005-12-14
L.O. - courier - Valkenburg - survivor - Pierre Schunck wrote: Wielke Cremers and the Peusens sisters worked as messengers. [3]
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Peusens,
Paulina Jacobina Gerardine
Gerardine
∗ 1926-02-23
Valkenburg
† 2021-04-16
Valkenburg
L.O. - courier - Valkenburg - survivor -

Pierre Schunck wrote: Wielke Cremers and the Peusens sisters worked as messengers. [3]
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Reeves,
John C.
∗ 1916-10-02
Springfield Illinois
† 1944-09-17
Valkenburg
USA, Old Hickory - Valkenburg - war victim - John C. Reeves SN 36780426
Pfc 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory), 119th Regiment, 1st Battalion, A Company

The following text and the photo are taken from the book Valkenburg 80 jaar bevrijd (Valkenburg 80 Years Liberated) [1]
John was born on …

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Rennes / Renesse, van
Godert
∗ 0000-00-00
Heteren
† 1903-02-16
police - Valkenburg - NSB - survivor - On the genealogy page of the Van Rennes family we read that both forms of the surname occur. Renesse however is the old version.
Before the war the Netherlands was very heavily …

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Roks /Rocks,
Jan Joseph
∗ 1883-05-21
Sibbe
† 1944-03-03
Natzweiler-Struthof
early resistance - Valkenburg - war victim - Jan Joseph Rocks was a member of the early resistance group Erkens in Maastricht, co-owner of the guesthouse Samoshuis, next to Parkhotel Rooding of that time. Nic Erkens spent some time in hiding with him, arrested in Valkenburg during the Hannibalspiel for …

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https://www.oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/128452/jan-jozef-roks
Roy, van
Hubertus Andreas
∗ 1893-03-09
Nederweert
† 1981-11-24
Valkenburg
early resistance - police - Valkenburg - survivor - Veldwachter (local policeman appointed by the municipality) in Valkenburg until december 1941. Was a member of the early resistance group around J.Smit in Heerlen. The earliest data on this group are from the end of 1940 and early 1941. Smit, a professional soldier demobilized in July 1940, …

https://www.openarch.nl/hvr:3b910fc2-32d7-151f-96c6-bcd15090b0b6/de
Sajet,
Benediktus Hirschel
Ben
∗ 1926-03-03
Elburg
† 1944-03-31
Midden-Europa
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 18 years old. Son of Levie Sajet and Grietje Weiniger. He was in the Westerbork transit camp between November 11 and 16, 1942.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) …

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https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/tijdlijn/Benedictus-Hirschel-Sajet/01/48958
Sajet,
Levie
∗ 1890-06-24
Amsterdam
† 1942-11-19
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Grietje Weiniger. From Elburg, where he was a rabbi for a short time in the twenties, he comes to Valkenburg with his wife and child. 52 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen …

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Samuel,
Jacques
∗ 1875-05-06
Liège
† 1942-10-01
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Bertha Golstein, Nieuweweg 25, Valkenburg, 67 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Savelberg,
Alphons Hendrikus
Funs
∗ 1917-11-06
Valkenburg
† 1944-09-14
Valkenburg
Valkenburg - NSB - war victim - Landwachter (Country guard, a kind of auxiliary police). He was shot by a group of revengeful boys who called themselves OD on September 14, 1944. They thought they were acting by order of the Americans.
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Schmalbach,
(Godfried Jozef) Paul
∗ 1897-09-16
Vaals
† 1952-09-18
Vaals
mayor - Valkenburg - NSB - survivor - 1942-1943 mayor of Beek, 1943-1944 mayor Valkenburg-Houthem. His predecessor and successor was Piet Hens.
 …

Schunck,
Peter Joseph Arnold
Pierre “Paul Simons”
∗ 1906-03-24
Heerlen
† 1993-02-02
Kerkrade
L.O. - Heerlen - Valkenburg - survivor - Founder and leader of the “rayon” (subdistrict) of the L.O. in Valkenburg, under the alias of “Paul”. He was also a member of the ID18 intelligence group, which belonged to the Heerlen district of the LO. After the war he gave …

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Schunck-Cremers,
Gerda
∗ 1912-09-10
Heerlerheide 
† 2005-05-05
Valkenburg
L.O. - Valkenburg - survivor - As the wife of Pierre Schunck, she was constantly involved in his resistance work. In retrospect, we can not determine exactly the extent of her share anymore. But given the nature of their relationship, we can assume that it was substantial and that it didn’t just consist of cooking for the  …

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Soesman,
Gerhard Lodewijk Robertus
Gerard
∗ 1922-06-23
Valkenburg
† 1945-01-21
Auschwitz/Oświęcim
early resistance - Valkenburg - war victim - Student HBS (high school). Listed in the Honor Roll of Victims 1940 – 1945 [1], in the category resistance people. Moreover he had a Jewish father, Jacob Soesman. Mother: Christina Johanna Maria Prick
See also the site of Joods Monument [2]: “Gerhard Lodewijk Robertus …

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https://www.erelijst.nl/gerhard-lodewijk-robertus--soesman
https://www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/130916/gerhard-lodewijk-robertus-soesman
Soesman,
Servaas
∗ 1855-01-22
Meerssen
† 1943-05-26
Maastricht/Aachen?
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Emma Horn, son of Ambrosius Lasarus Soesman and Jetta (Henrietta) Hertogs. Berkelstraat 15, Valkenburg. From Maastricht they went to Aachen, where Mr. Soesmann was separated and „removed”, as a 87 years old and ill person (and thus of no …

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Starmans,
J.
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
L.O. - Valkenburg - survivor - maintained the relations to the other districts.
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Ven, op de
Johannes Hendrikus
∗ 1919-02-23
Swalmen
† 1948-06-20
Maastricht
occasional resistance - police - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - On the night of June 22, 1944, together with Den Haring, an NSB member, he was on guard at the Valkenburg distribution office. Was initiated into the plot. Afterwards went into hiding to deduce the suspicion from Freysen et al.
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http://www.de-veiligheidsregio.nl/juli-2015/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/07/Juni-Tuinvanbezinning.pdf
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/zoeken/?q=Wilhelmus%20Agathus%20Petrus%20Freysen&advancedsearch=1
Viviano,
Sam
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1944-09-16
Valkenburg
USA, Old Hickory - Valkenburg - war victim - Sam Viviano was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of Valkenburg and its surroundings.
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Vroemen,
Joseph Hendrik Hubert
Jos.
∗ 1883-07-05
Echt (Limb.)
† 1964-06-22
Utrecht
L.O. - Valkenburg - survivor - Jos. Vroemen started his career at the state railway company as a telegraph operator in Echt. In a sales contract he is mentioned as a railroad official from Echt on June 21, 1920. [1]
He then became stationmaster in Valkenburg. During the war he made sure that …

Weiniger,
Grietje
∗ 1890-06-04
Amsterdam
† 1942-11-19
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Levie Sajet. From Elburg, where her husband was a rabbi for a short time in the twenties, they come to Valkenburg with their child. 52 years old.52 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen …

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Weinreb,
Ester
∗ 1882-05-18
Dolina PL
† 1942-11-09
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Widow of E. Kopf, Muntstraat 9, Valkenburg. Mother of Frieda Kopf. 63 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Westerhoven, van
Jan
Pater Ferdinand
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
L.O. - priest - Valkenburg - survivor - As Father Ferdinand he was a member (and chief?) of the monastery on the Cauberg (sscc). Worked for the Resistance during the occupation. Involuntarily witnessed the “execution” of Funs Savelberg.
A fellow resident of the then monastery on the …

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Willems,
Victor Benedictus Josephus
Vic
∗ 1910-03-20
Oud-Valkenburg
† 1983-06-07
Oud-Valkenburg
L.O. - municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - Together with Willem Freysen and Annie Cremers he stole food stamps and other documents for the people in hiding in the LO on a large scale, which ultimately made the  …

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